Approaches to the evaluation of outbreak detection methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An increasing number of methods are being developed for the early detection of infectious disease outbreaks which could be naturally occurring or as a result of bioterrorism; however, no standardised framework for examining the usefulness of various outbreak detection methods exists. To promote comparability between studies, it is essential that standardised methods are developed for the evaluation of outbreak detection methods.

Methods

This analysis aims to review approaches used to evaluate outbreak detection methods and provide a conceptual framework upon which recommendations for standardised evaluation methods can be based. We reviewed the recently published literature for reports which evaluated methods for the detection of infectious disease outbreaks in pu

SUBMITTER: Watkins RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1626088 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature